Comparison of the utilization and ability of medical colleges students in using the electronic databases existing at Integrated digital library portal (IDL)of Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Leila Nemati Anaraki ¹ , Fahime Babolhavaeji ²

1 - Young Researchers Club, IAU-Sciences & ResearchBranch
2 - Faculty member of IAU-Sciences & Research Branch, LIS Department,

Received: 2010-07-27 Accepted : 2010-11-09 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: Iran, Digital libraries, Medical Students, IDL Database-, Medical Schools,

Abstract :

Purpose: The present paper aims to compare the utilization and ability of medical students in using the electronic resources of the IDL portal of Iran. Methodology: The survey was conducted through a structured questionnaire circulated among 300 medical students taken from three main universities. A stratified accidental random sample method was used for selection of respondents and interacting with them. These respondents were among those available in the university campus during the survey period. The descriptive statistics methods such as the frequency tables, column graphs and calculation of the central indexes such as “average” have been used to analyze the data which have been practiced by the Excel. Findings: The findings of this research demonstrate that the awareness and utilization level of the students in the three universities are lower than average. The students of the three universities declare the lack of acquaintance with this digital library as their most significant problem. Among the investigated universities, students of Tehran University use the EndNote, Elsevier, Thomson, Scopus and Proquest databases most. All the subject students express the effect of the IDL on the scientific activities as too much. The average points for utilization of searching strategies are 2.43, 2.89 and 2.87 respectively for Iran, Tehran and Shahid Beheshti Universities. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the research capabilities of students is below average . Knowledge and ability of them must be improved

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